So Jive records (our former label) is putting out an RBF greatest hits CD because they see how well our live album is doing and they pretty much just want to screw us any way they can!
they see that there's still money to be made from the Reel Big Fish so they are trying to get a last little piece!

There's really nothing we can do to stop them since they own ALL our previous recordings!
Anyway, tell all your friends NOT to buy the new greatest hit CD, it's really not that cool, it's just stuff from our 4 studio albums that you ALREADY have (you do have all the RBF albums right!?)!!
and if you do decide to pick it up, we still love ya, as long as people are enjoying our music in some way or another ya know!? We're just glad to have people listening!

Yep, it's true. I had a cable show around the time Mojo was starting to make a name for themselves and all of their video servicing came from MCA or Universal, I forget who since that was also around the time that all of the smaller "indie" imprints became absorbed into the larger labels creating the illusion they were indie labels in the first place. When bands make videos, always look at how much money they appeared to spend on it. It's a good indication that if the video looks pretty well done there are major label ties in there somewhere.

Can you tell me where you got that info about touch & go? i was under the impression that they did their own distribution, as well as that of drag city, jade tree, kill rock stars, suicide squeeze, etc...at least according to the t&g website

But in all seriousness, Reel Big Fish was one of my favorite bands while I was in high school, and although I don't listen to them anymore I'd probably still enjoy them, there's tons of songs I could picture that would make the album.

I happen to think that this band is golden. Their live album is great, listen to the breakdowns on some of the later songs. I saw them three years in a row in State College and they were always great. Fuck Jive.

Aaron is actually a really cool guy. He has a personality that can come off as assholish if you haven't had the time to talk to him, but he's just a really sarcastic guy. Reminds me of my brother actually :-)